E Portfolio Assignment (interview )

Posted: September 25th, 2015

Identify a person whose job involves considerable dealings with managing people in the organizations of the UAE. This could be a public (government) or private institution. Ask the HR official or manager the following:

 What is your official title?
 What are the major things that you do in your job that deal with managing people in your organization?
 What training and experience must a person have in order to be eligible to perform your job effectively?
 Over the last couple of years what’s been the most interesting two HR situations that you have encountered in your job? Why were these situations special to you? What lessons did employees involved in each situation learn?
 What type of advice can you offer to people living in the UAE about the importance of HRM for the citizens and companies obeying UAE employment law.
 In your opinion, what’s the biggest misconception or misunderstanding people have about the employment system of the UAE?
 What changes do you anticipate in the UAE employment system in the future? Why?
 If a student were interested in performing the kind of work that you do, what career advice can you offer to such a person at this time?